EUROPEAN COMMISSION (EC)
IFISC (UIB-CSIC)
The TREE project involves the development and validation of a powerful simulation tool capable of characterising the propagation of (primary and reactionary) delays in the European air transport network.
The main development concerns the modelling of flight links: the TREE project considers not only those flights sharing the same airplane as linked, it also regards those flights that must share the same crew and/or some of their passengers as linked. The idea arose after the publication of the findings of various European studies (including the one conducted by CODA - Central Office of Delay Analysis) that warn of the relevance and criticality of delays involving links between passengers, mainly as concerns the economic aspect.